The Board of Directors of Gr. Sarantis S.A., informs its shareholders that according to the decision of the Company’s Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 20th 2008, the dividend for financial year 2007 amounts to € 0.17 per share.
Dividends are entitled to the Company’s shareholders as at the end of the Athens Exchange session on May 28th 2008. From Thursday May 29th 2008, the Company’s shares will trade on the Athens Exchange without the right to the dividend of financial year 2007.
The commencement for the dividend payment is set for June 6th 2008.
The dividend payment will take place via the National Bank of Greece through the following procedures:
- Through the official users in the Dematerialized Securities System and according to the distribution procedure, as stated in article 329 of the Athens Exchange Regulation and in article 39 of the Hellenic Exchanges S.A. Regulation.
- Through the branches of the National Bank of Greece for shareholders who have requested the exemption of their official user in the Dematerialized Securities System.
- Shareholders, for which the credit of the distribution through their official users is not possible for several reasons, the dividend collection can take place through the branches of the National Bank of Greece.
The dividend collection for cases 2 and 3 will take place only with the presentation of the Shareholders official Identification Card and the client’s Dematerialized Securities System data, while payment to a third party will take place only with the presentation of a relevant authorization.
For more information, Shareholders are requested to contact the Company’s Investor Relations Department, tel. + 30 210 6173065, or the National Bank of Greece (contact Mr. Ioannis Xidis or Mr. Elias Dimitriou, tel. 210 3340611 or 210 3340613).
Dividends not collected within 5 years are written-off in favor of the Greek State.